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One neonate responded poorly 30\u2005h after birth and progressed to coma several hours later. Family history revealed that the neonate's older brother had also died a few days after birth. Biochemical tests on admission confirmed hyperammonemia and elevated levels of citrulline and urinary orotic acid-3. Genetic analysis revealed that the parents were carriers of two heterozygous variants in <jats:italic>ASS1<\/jats:italic>, c.910C&amp;gt;T(p.Arg304Trp) and c.839-1G&amp;gt;A, respectively. However, the splice site variant c.839-1G&amp;gt;A was not present in the control databases. Minigene analysis of the c.839-1G&amp;gt;A resulted in the product of r.839del [p.(Gly280Valfs*15)]. In conclusion, we have identified a case of CTLN1 and diagnosed a novel pathogenic variant in the <jats:italic>ASS1<\/jats:italic> gene, c.839-1G&amp;gt;A, expanding the variant spectrum of <jats:italic>ASS1<\/jats:italic>. 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